“Lucia di Lammermoor” remains one of the supreme achievements of Romantic opera, capable of transforming inner conflict into pure musical expression. Premiered at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples in 1835, Gaetano Donizetti’s masterpiece transcends the conventional sentimental tragedy to offer one of the most complex female psychological portraits of the nineteenth century. Based on Walter Scott’s The Bride {…}
The Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. Renaud Capuçon conducts Mozart and Strauss. The concert includes Krassimira Stoyanova, Davide Bandieri, and Simon Demangeat. Performance Date: Sept. 16, 2026 Roberto Rega conducts Bruckner’s Mass and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with pianist Naïma Pfiffer. Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2026 William Christie conducts Händel’s “Messiah” with Anna {…}
Opera Rara has announced its 56th season. On the opera front, conductor Paul Daniel leads The Hallé and the English National Opera Chorus in the UK premiere of Offenbach’s “Barkouf,” using Jean-Christophe Keck’s critical edition of the 1860 opéra-bouffe. The performances will be preceded by the opera’s first-ever recording. Performance Date: Oct. 4, 2026 — Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Opera Rara {…}
The Teatro San Carlo has announced a cast change for its production of “Lucia di Lammermoor” on March 21. The company said that Jessica Pratt will sing the title role stepping in for Rosa Feola, who is ill. Feola also took to social media and said, “Writing this message breaks my heart, but unfortunately my illness persist and I will {…}
The Teatro La Fenice’s New Year’s Eve concert is set to be presented on Rai 1 on Dec. 31, 2025. The concert will feature Michele Mariotti conducting with soloists soprano Rosa Feola and tenor Jonathan Tetelman. The concert will feature selections from Verdi’s “Nabucco,” Verdi’s “La Traviata,” Rossini’s “Semiramide,” Bellini’s “Norma,” Puccini’s “Le Villi,” Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale,” Verdi’s “I Vespri {…}
Erin Morley has canceled her August 30 performance of “Rigoletto.” The soprano took to social media and said , “Dear friends, I am heartbroken to tell you all that I have an unforeseen medical situation that I have to take care of, and which makes it impossible for me to sing Gilda at the Arena di Verona right now. I’m {…}
The Teatro La Fenice has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera The season opens with Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” with Ivor Bolton conducting a new production by Paul Curran. The cast includes Daniel Behle, Cecilia Molinari, Nicolò Balducci, and Francesca Aspromonte. Performance Dates: Nov. 20-30, 2025 Luca Micheletti directs Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” with Renato Palumbo conducting. Luca Salsi, Francesco Meli, {…}
The Teatro San Carlo has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Riccardo Frizza conducting Cherubini’s “Medea” in a production by Mario Martone. Sondra Radvanovsky stars in the title role alongside Francesco Meli, Giorgi Manoshvili, Désirée Giove, and Anita Rachvelishvili. Performance Dates: Dec. 3-16, 2025 Jessica Pratt, Maria Agresta, Désirée Giove, Francesco Demuro, and Mimmo Borrelli star in Ennio {…}
Opera Rara announces its 55th season. Concerts The Salon Series recital co-presented with Temple Music Foundation features baritone Germán Enrique Alcántara and pianist Anna Tilbrook. Performance Date: October 10, 2025 The final, 1921 version of Puccini’s “La rondine” features Ermonela Jaho, Iván Ayón-Rivas, Nicola Alaimo, Ellie Neate, Juan Francisco Gatell, Jessica Robinson, Julieth Lozano, Joanna Harries, Robert Lewis, and William {…}
The Accademia Filarmonica Romana is set to present Rosa Feola on April 10, 2025. The soprano will perform at the Teatro Argentina alongside pianist Fabio Centanni. She will sing vocal music from the 18th century by Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Liszt, and Ponchielli. Feola is one of today’s most acclaimed sopranos who studied with Renata Scotto and made her debut in {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has advanced plans for the Teatro alla Scala’s 2025-26 season. The season will open with Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” directed by Vasily Barkhatov and Sara Jakubiak. Riccardo Chailly will conduct. In February 2026, the company will give the entire “Ring Cycle” with Simone Young and Alexander Soddy. In April, the company will revive “Turandot” in {…}